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New NASA photo promises to shut down flat-Earthers — did it work?

Nypost · · 758 words · By Reda Wigle
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What to know about New NASA photo promises to shut down flat-Earthers — did it work?

Nypost reports: New NASA photo promises to shut down flat-Earthers — did it work?.

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What happened

Nypost reports: New NASA photo promises to shut down flat-Earthers — did it work?.

Why it matters

A new image from the Artemis II Orion spacecraft, currently en route home from its journey to the Moon, reveals Earth for what it is: a glorious sphere.

Common ground

This is news because an alarming number of our fellow human beings subscribe to the belief that the Earth is actually flat and that a shadowy world government is secretly tricking the public into believing in a globe-shaped planet.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A 2022 survey by the Carsey School of Public Policy found 10% of U.S. respondents believed NASA faked the Moon landings.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm the existence of the 2022 Carsey School survey.
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Claim 2: “Artemis III will conduct an Earth-orbiting mission in 2027, and Artemis IV will land on the Moon in 2028.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 3: “A new image from the Artemis II Orion spacecraft reveals Earth as a sphere.”
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No evidence in Wikipedia or other sources explicitly confirms the image shows Earth as a sphere. The Artemis II Wikipedia entry mentions the mission but not image details.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis I, formerly Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), was an uncrewed Moon-orbiting mission that launched on November 16, 2022. As the first major spaceflight of NASA's Artemis program, Artemis I marked t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_I
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is an ongoing United States spaceflight mission that sent four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon. It launched from the Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026. The ten-day mission is crew…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
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Claim 4: “Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean is expected off San Francisco at 8:07 p.m. Friday.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or deny the splashdown location in the Pacific near San Francisco.
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Claim 5: “The image shows auroras at the North and South Poles, illustrating Earth's curvature.”
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No evidenceأخبار found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or deny the presence of auroras in the image.
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Claim 6: “The Artemis II mission is laying the groundwork for a return to the Moon by 2028.”
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The Artemis program's Wikipedia entry confirms the goal of landing humans on the Moon by 2028, supporting the claim that Artemis II is part of the groundwork for this objective.
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Claim 7: “Another image titled 'Artemis II Looking Back at Earth' shows a curved slice of the planet.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or deny the existence of the 'Earthrise' image from Artemis II.
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Claim 8: “A man died in 2020 after launching himself into the air with a homemade rocket to prove Earth was flat.”
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Claim 9: “NASA shared the image alongside its 1972 counterpart in an X thread.”
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No evidence confirms NASA shared the Artemis II image alongside the 1972 Blue Marble photo in an X thread. The 'Hello, World' Wikipedia entry does not mention social media sharing.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. Apollo was conceived in 1960 in the Dw…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hello, World is a photograph of Earth taken by NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman aboard the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II mission and published on April 3, 2026. Captured during the spacecraft's ou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello,_World_(photograph)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Blue Marble is a photograph of Earth taken on December 7, 1972, by Harrison Schmitt aboard the Apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the Moon. Viewed from around 29,400 km (18,300 mi) from Earth's su…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Marble
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Claim 10: “The image is an updated version of the iconic 'Blue Marble' shot from Apollo 17 in 1972.”
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No evidence directly links the Artemis II image to the Apollo 17 'Blue Marble' photo as an updated version. The 'Hello, World' Wikipedia entry confirms the Artemis II photo exists but does not compare it to the Blue Marble.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II is an ongoing United States spaceflight mission that sent four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon. It launched from the Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026. The ten-day mission is crew…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis III is planned to be the second crewed mission of the NASA-led Artemis lunar exploration program. The mission's objectives are to conduct tests in low Earth orbit with one or both commercially…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
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Claim 11: “The photo shows northern Africa, the Strait of Gibraltar, and parts of Spain and Portugal.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or deny the geographic details in the image.
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Claim 12: “Orion's mission will use orbital mechanics to return home without firing thrusters beyond small corrections.”
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No evidence found in Wikipedia or other sources to confirm or deny the use of orbital mechanics by Orion.
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